1. Another Break-Up Song
2. Never Look Back
3. Rescue Me
4. Devil In My Heart
5. Where Is Bobbie Gentry?
6. Rainbow Girl
7. Medicine Train
8. I Ain’t Waiting
9. To Hell With It All
10. That’s How It Goes
11. Carolina
Total time: 44:42
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Never Look Back
Tom Gillam
Treehouse Productions
On the opening track “Another Break-Up Song,” Gillam has a slide-guitar solo that distills his musical philosophy into 12 seconds of Allman-Skynyrd-inspired Americana/classic-rock goodness; it’s enough to put a smile on anybody’s face.
Four albums into his solo career, New Jersey-based Gillam himself has reason to smile: He’s honed his sound, vocals and now lyricism. Some of it comes from experience and having an outstanding band; but a lifestyle change, brought on by three heart attacks in one day last year, probably was a catalyst.
The above-mentioned band – Tractor Pull – boasts two guitarists who supplement Gillam’s slide perfectly. Lead guitarist Craig Simon is a former Nashville session guitarist and staff songwriter, and contributes the title track as well as one of the disc’s two slow numbers, “To Hell With It All.” Guitarist/mandolinist Joe Carroll is also the group’s producer, engineer and mixer. Throw in some acoustic rhythm by any of the three, and the result is a spellbinding waterfall of guitars.
Rockers such as “Rescue Me” and “Rainbow Girl” and midtempo cuts like “Medicine Train” and “That’s How It Goes” are sure to please, but the album’s centerpiece is the swampy “Where Is Bobbie Gentry?” with its subtle strings and howling harmonica accents.
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